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Chapter 4, One Normal Day

One peaceful night, in a Japanese house surrounded by nothing but forests, a small blonde girl glanced around the room nervously, looking a little panic.

"Psst!" She wiped her head to the side and saw her two brothers waving at her from the closet. "Come in here, Tsubame. Hurry!"

Tsuna whispered, pointing inside the closet. The girl gulped before nodded and quickly tip-toed to the closet. After she had entered the closet, Tsukuyomi pulled the closet door closed gently, being careful of not making a loud noise.

"Are you sure she won't find us in here?" asked Tsuna worryingly, feeling unsure.

"Shh…" His brother shushed him. "I heard footsteps heading this way. Be quiet."

The two children did what their brother told and quickly snapped their mouth shut, trying not to make any noticeable noises.

Like their brother has told them, they heard faint footsteps waking and stopped in front of the room. The sound of the door eventually sliding opened echoed through the quiet hall, including the room.

"Here she comes." Tsubame whispered. Her brothers shushed her. The person seemed to be walking around the room, observing it as the footsteps moved around. When the person stopped in front of the closet where the triplets were hiding, their faces went paled as they held their breaths.

The person was standing in front of the closet for a while before walking away. He or she was assumed to have left the room since they heard the sound of the door closed. After what felt like an hour, the three let out a breath of relief.

Tsukuyoumi opened the closet door to see whether the person was still in the room of not. He found no one in the room. He sighed and opened the door a little wider before getting out of their hiding place.

"She's gone. You can come out." He told his two siblings and the two of them eventually came out.

"Phew…For a moment, I thought we were going to get caught." Tsuna murmured as he rubbed the small sweats from his forehead.

Tsubame nodded. "…me either…Good thing that the closet was big enough for the three of us to hide…"

The black-haired boy huffed and crossed his arms. "Well then, where should we hide next? There's no guarantee that she wouldn't return to search this room again."

"Hmm...what about the attics?"

Tsubame shook her head and whimpered repeatedly. "No way! No way! No way! It's so dark and scary in there!"

Her two brothers sweats dropped. 'Yeah…we've completely forgotten that she's scared of darkness…'

"Well, whatever…" Tsukuyomi grumbled and glanced at the door. "We should stay in here a little longer… Maybe she's still around here somewhere."

Tsuna grinned. "I bet this time, she wouldn't be able to find us."

The other two smiled and nodded. Victory was most certainly…

"Who wouldn't be able to find who?" said a voice from behind the three.

"GYAAAA!" the three jumped and clung onto one another when they heard this. They heard small giggles coming from the culprit's voice and turned to see no one other than their mother. She was standing beside the closet that they were hiding, covering her mouth with her hands as she giggled.

"I found you." She said playfully.

The children let go of one another wen they've recovered from their shock. "Kaa-san, you almost scared the hell out of us! Wait! I thought you already left!"

"I was going to leave, but I happened to hear small breathings coming from the closet." replied the black-haired woman. "Since I've found you guys, this only means that I've won once again. Right?"

…

The three couldn't utter a word, feeling the defeat…once again.

"When will we ever win you in this game...?" the black-haired boy murmured.

The mother smiled. "You will when you are able to learn how to hide your presence. Now, off to bed, you three. You have school tomorrow, aren't you?" She told them.

Tsukuyomi groaned. "Come on, Kaa-san. It's still early… And I don't feel like sleeping yet."

"Nii-san…you know that the day after tomorrow is Saturday, don't you? Why don't you bear it for just one more day?" said Tsuna, trying to confront his brother.

Their mother nodded in agreement. "Tsuna's right, Tsukuyomi. Plus, I'll give you archery lessons when you get back from school, okay?"

Upon hearing the word 'Archery Lessons', the black-haired boy's eyes lightened up in excitement. "Alright, then! Let's hurry up and off to our bedroom. Come on, Tsuna, Tsubame!" He exclaimed cheerfully as he ran off from the room.

Tsubame sighed. "Nii-san really gets all work up when he hears that Kaa-san will be teaching archery… I thought Yuki Baa-san is the one to take care of that…"

She heard her mother sighed and gently placed her hand on the two kids' head, ruffling their hair. "Unfortunately, Yuki Baa-san doesn't really get along with him and he complains that her archery skills are not as good as mine, and that the only thing she is capable of teaching him is how to use his flames properly."

The two sweats dropped. Their big brother was a battle maniac. Their mother chuckled. "Now…off to bed, you two. Your brother might get lonely in the bedroom. I've already laid down the futons for you."

The two nodded. "Ne…Kaa-san, can you stay with us till we fall asleep?" asked Tsubame, tucking her mother's kimono slightly.

She smiled and held the girl's tiny hand in hers. "Sure. Come along, Tsuna."

"Hai!"

With that, the three of them left the room, hand in hand. The mother made sure to switch off the lights and closed the door behind her after they had left.

By the time the three have gone into their bedroom, Tsukuyomi was already in his futon, sleeping soundly with the covers over him.

"Oh my, seems like he's already in his dreamland." said their mother teasingly and the two twins giggled slightly at this. "You should join him, too. You don't want to be late for school, aren't you?"

The two nodded before they made their way to the bed sheets beside their sleeping brother, crawling into the covers. Their mother turned off the lights and sat down beside their bed sheets.

"Kaa-san?"

"What is it, Tsuna?" replied the black-haired woman gently when she heard the brunet.

The boy stared at her with his brown wondering eyes. "Why does Nii-san always take combat lessons from you and Yuki Baa-san?"

"Well… that's…" She didn't really know how to answer that one even though she has a few ideas why her eldest son would ask her or her friend to teach him how to fight. She patted his head. "…I think that's for your brother to answer. You can ask him by yourself."

"Oh…okay…"

"Kaa-san…" This time, it was Tsubame's voice. "You won't leave yet, right?"

The woman smiled. "Of course, I won't. I promise to stay till you fall asleep, don't I?" She leaned forward and gently pecked the girl's head, followed by Tsuna and the snoring Tsukuyomi.

"Sa…Oyasumi nasai, watashi no tenshi." She whispered softly.

The two smiled and closed their eyes. "Good night, Kaa-san…"

The next morning

"Enma! You'd better hurry up if you don't wanna be late for school!" shouted an impatient Ellen as she stood at the front door of the Shimon Mansion, fully dressed in her…umm…battle outfit…which included a black leather stiff jacket decorated with silver wares and a sword fixedly strapped onto her belt, plus a pair of black fingerless gloves.

"Hold your horses, Ellen. He still has a lot of time till the bell rings." said Cozart as he threw his arm around her shoulder.

She rolled her eyes in annoyance. "I know that he has time, but if he continues to think naïvely that way, it's not going to be very good once he grows up."

The redhead pouted, his arms snaked around her, pulling her into a tight hug.

Her face's flustered deep red at this. "H-Hey! What the hell?! Let go!" She shouted, struggling against his hold. "What is your problem, Don Shimon?"

"Give me a kiss…" She heard him murmured softly, making her blinked in confusion.

"Excuse me?"

"Only a small peck is fine, too…" She felt her face flamed up in embarrassment.

"W-Wha… What is wrong with you, Cozart? Stop saying strange things to me! It's not funny at all!" She uttered.

One of his hands gently cupped her chin and turned her face to look at him. "I'm being serious, Ellen!" He told her. "It's just that…after sending Enma to school…you'll be gone for a mission instead of coming back home…It makes me feel…a bit lonely…"

Ellen huffed. "Idiot…" She placed her hand on his large one that was on her waist. "Don't be a kid, Cozart. I'd only be away for a day. It's not a long term mission, remember? I'll be back before you even know it."

The red head however grumbled childishly. "But still…that doesn't change the fact that I'll have to be away from you…"

The raven sighed. This guy is really hopeless… She glanced at her husband's pouting face. She clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Fine…"

Cozart's head jerked up. "What was that?"

He felt the woman inside his arms tensed up a bit. "Just for today… just one kiss, all right?"

The Shimon boss immediately nodded, overjoyed by what she has just said. He closed his eyes and eventually leaned forward to her. Her face turned redder at this. 'Ahh…Damn…at this point, I'm gonna die from embarrassment….' She grumbled in her thought and turned away for a moment. But then again, she took a stare at the redhead. 'Well...a small peck wouldn't hurt, would it?'

She let out another sigh, and leaned forward as well, closing her eyes. There was no way that she could look at him in his eyes though they were closing. The closer she felt their face got, the redder her face became.

Just when their lips got closer enough to touch each other…

"Mama, I'm sorry for making you wait!" shouted little Enma as he ran down the stairs, carrying his tiny school bag. "Now, let's…." The words faded from his throat when he saw his two parents. "Umm… what are you guys doing?" He asked innocently.

'SLAM!'

"No, no. Nothing at all." replied Ellen; her face was still beet red. "Your father and I were just talking about my mission!" She laughed nervously as she brushed the matter off.

"Oh…" The boy blinked. "…Ok…" He took a glance at his father, who was forcefully shoved away by his mother against the wall behind them, leaving a small dent around the area. He sweat dropped. What exactly happened here?

"Umm…if you say so…"

Ellen let go of the poor Shimon boss and walked over the car, parking beside her. "Come along, Enma. You don't wanna be late, right?" She asked.

The boy nodded and quickly skipped to car, not before glancing at his father one more time. "See you later, Papa."

The Don shook his head, snapping himself out from the daze and smiled. "Have a nice day, kiddo." He responded, ruffling the boy's head playfully. The little redhead grinned and nodded before making his way to the car. As soon as he made it to the passenger seat and buckled the belt, Ellen closed the car door.

She sighed and placed her hand on her hip. "Well then, I supposed we should get going."

"Eh? But, what about my-?" The rest of his words struck upon his throat when he felt a strong, and rough, yet delicate hand grabbed him by his collar, pulling him forward. His eyes were as widened as the size of a plate when Ellen swiftly pecked him on his cheek.

Ellen quickly let go of him and pulled away, avoiding eye contact with him as she was embarrassment by her sudden motive. "I-Ittekimasu…" She murmured softly under her breath and immediately got into the car.

Hearing the sound of the engine started, the red head Don came back to his senses and watched as the car drove off with his two families in there. He smiled and stroked the place where he had received the small peck.

"Itterasshai…"

Meanwhile, in Vongola Don's study room of the Vongola Mansion, Giotto was sleeping soundly sleeping on his desk once again…no…like he usually did. It was not a very good habit for him to sleep on his desk instead of his bed. Both Bob and G had always lectured him about it but…let's just say that it's hard not to do something that you've already gotten used to.

But…even so…

'BANG!'

"GIOTTO!" yelled a man as he barged into the room. Giotto immediately bolted up from his chair, sitting up straight. "Wait! Wait! G, Don't shoot! I have just finished my papers! I swear I'm not sleeping on my desk!" He blurted out, still half asleep.

…he was still scared of his right hand man's usual temper.

…

…Silence…

…

"Pfft!" Giotto blinked in confusion and rubbed his eyes groggily. His vision was becoming a bit clearer and his sleepiness was starting it fade away.

"Asari?" He was expected to see his right hand man glaring menacingly at him with his revolver, but instead…it was his Rain guardian, Asari, standing at the door way, covering his mouth as he snickered.

"Ahahaha…you nearly jumped out of your chair, Giotto." said the guardian as he tried to suppress his snicker. The blonde let out a sigh of relief as he rubbed his temple. "Don't scare me like that, Asari. For a moment, I thought it was G….since he's the only one barging in here with that shouting."

Asari grinned. "Sorry about that, Giotto. G told me this is the best way to wake you up so I- hahaha…"

The blonde sighed. "So it was him… So...where is he right now?"

The Japanese has finally calmed down. "He along with Larvina has gone to drop the kids at the school. He says he's going to accompany her to the mall for tonight's dinner after that."

"Oh…I see. And…what are you doing here?"

Asari blinked. "Well…G told me that you kind of have a mission for me."

"Oh yeah…sorry. I guess I forgot." The boss grinned sheepishly and pulled out a file from his drawer. "Here's the file. And about the mission…"

In front of the school gates

"Ah…Ohayo, Enma!' greeted Tsuna cheerfully when he spotted his red-haired friend got out from the car that was pulled over near the gates. "…and ohayo, Aunt Ellen!"

"Good morning, Tsuna, Tsukuyomi, Tsubame." The red head returned the greeting once he saw the siblings standing in front of the gates. Like usual, the brunet was the only one greeting while the other two were just being themselves; Tsukuyomi simply waved at him and Tsubame was hiding behind her brothers giving him a small acknowledging nod.

Ellen smirked as she watched the three's different behavior. They're as amusing as always.

Just then, another car pulled over beside hers. The car door opened as Larvina came out. "Hi, there, Ellen-chan!" The silvernette greeted and walked over to the raven. "You're here to send your son off…or are you planning to go on a battle field?" She asked, staring at the raven from head to toe, observing her outfit.

The raven's eyes twitched in annoyance. "I'm off to a mission after this! Got a problem with my way of dressing, woman?" She snarled.

Surprisingly, Larvina wasn't tensed up by the threat and pinched the raven's cheeks. "Ow ow ow ow! What the hell are you doing? That hurts!"

"Mou! You and Kaoru are just the same." pouted Larvina as she let go of the raven. "You two are such rare stunning beauties yet you never act to match up with your features. Such a waste."

"Excuse ME for not being a proper weak fragile beauty…" grumbled Ellen in irritation.

"Mom, we'll be going now." said Hayato, tugging on Larvina's dress. Bianchi was there beside him, along with Takeshi, Mukuro, and Chrome. Kyoya has already left the group and walked into the school.

The lady turned her attention to the boy and patted his head. "Have a nice day, everyone." She said, smiling at the kids. They all nodded and ran off, leaving the two females behind.

"Did all of you guys come together or what?" asked Ellen with a questioning look as she watched all the kids left. "For a moment, I thought I saw Elena and Karou's kids."

The silvernette grinned. "Well…we did come together…since we're living together."

"Really? That's a surprise!"

"Larvina! Aren't you done yet?" shouted G impatiently from inside the car. That was when he noticed the black-haired woman in front of his wife. "Who's that?"

The raven turned to look at the man. "Who is he? Your husband?"

The silvernette huffed. "Yes, he is." She turned to the red-haired. "G, let me introduce you to my friend, Ellen. Ellen, this is my husband, G."

Ellen frowned. "G? So, you're the storm guardian of the Vongola Family then?"

G's eyes narrowed at this. "Yes, I am. And may I ask how you know about this?"

The raven didn't answer; instead, she kept her eyes locked on the red haired. G returned the staring with a glare. The tension between the two became a little chilly as they continue to stay that way for a moment.

"G, I forgot to mention that she's Cozart's wife." The tension was however broken when he heard his wife's told him this. "What?! Her? Cozart's wife?"

His eyes' widened as he took another look at the raven. No wonder she knew about the Famiglia…

'Grr…I can't really stand the fact that I'm in the presence of that blondie or his guardians…' Ellen grumbled to herself as she averted her eyes from the Storm Guardian. Even though the Shimon and the Vongola Family were ally, that didn't matter to her at all. "Anyway, I'm leaving, Larvina. I have to drop by somewhere else before my mission. It's been a pleasure of meeting you, Storm Guardian."

She said and turned her heels to open her car's door. "Wait, Ellen!" Larvina stopped her before she could enter the car. "You're going to see her, aren't you?"

A silence stare was the reply that the raven had given. Larvina clearly knew that she was right. "G, could you come and pick me up when I call you? I'm going with Ellen." She said, turning to the red-haired man.

"Huh? But, what about the-"

She interrupted him. "We'll do it after you pick me. I'm sorry but, I'm visiting a friend of mine."

G sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. "If you say so…Be careful on your way." The female smiled and nodded. Then she turned to the black-haired who looked very much dissatisfied. "You've got no problem if I tag along with you, right?"

Ellen felt a vein twitched from her head. Seriously, when and how in the world did she befriend with these annoying girls? 'Kaoru must have had her hands full of these girls now that they're living together…. I sorta feel sorry for her…'